Concrete wall construction for buildings.



D. MODIGKEN. CONCRETE WALL GONSTRUGTION FOR BUILDINGS. .AEBLIOATION FILED FEB.15, 1913.

1,060,272 Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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DANIEL MGDICKEN,

9F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CONCRETE WALL CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.

Application filed February 15, 1913.

To a]! whom it may concern: U

Be it known that I, I)AI\1EL McDicitnN,

a citizen of the United States, and residing.

the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to concrete building walls, and the object thereof is to provide a building wall of this class which is reinforced and which consists of a concrete body inclosing a wooden frame which is water or moisture proofed on the outer side, and whereby the entire wall is made water proof or moisture proof from the outer side, and with this and other objects in view the invention consists of a wall of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my inventlon are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l'is a horizontal section of the frame portion of a building wall made according to my invention and before the concrete is applied and showing one corner and two adjacent Walls;-Fig. 1 a view similar to Fig. l, but showing a modification of the corner construction and with parts omitted ;Fig. 2 a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and showing a completed wall ;-F ig. 3 a view similar to Fig.1 with parts omitted and showing the molding boards between which, in practice, the concrete is placed, said figure being also a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4, and ;Fig. 4 a vertical section on the line fir-47 of Fig.

In thepractice of my invention I first provide sills a which are laid in the usual manner, but which are first wrapped in tar felt or other moisture proofing material, as shown at 7). On these sills are placed vertical stanchions c which are also wrapped with tar felt b, and in Fig. 1 two of these stanchions are used to form a corner and these stanchions are also wrapped with tar felt 7).

Between the stanehions o and the corner o placed a partition (Z consisting of V61" Specification of Letters Patent.

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-tically placed boards or panels. as shown in Fig. 2, and the outer side of this partition is also covered with tar felt or other suitable water proofing material.

()n the opposite sides of the stanchions c and on two inner sides of the corner and on the inner sides of the partitions 1/ are secured vertical laths, c, and these laths a serve to hold the boards of said partition against inward movement, and in practice, said partition boards are placed in position as the concrete is poured in, or as the wall is built up, and this concrete serves to hold said partition or the boards thereof against outward movement, or said partition or the separate parts thereof may be secured to the laths c.

Before the concrete is poured in, the wall frame is inclosed by wires which are arranged in staggered relation on the inner and outer sides ofsaid frame, as shown in Fig. 2, and which are also arranged horizontally and are secured to the stanchions and the corners by staples or similar devices f After the inner frame has been com pleted in this manner, the molds are arranged, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so as to inclose said frame. These molds consist of an outer member 9 consisting of separateparts built up from the bottom of the wall to the top thereof, and an inner member 71. consisting of separate parts it built up from the bottom as the casting or pouring in of the concrete continues, a portion of said concrete being poured in and allowed to set, after which the inner mold member 71, is built higher and another portion of the concrete poured in and allowed to set, and this operation is continued until the wall is completed.

Before the casting or pouring in of the concrete begins, the outer mold member g is inforced by'vertical stanchions i which are bound to corresponding wall frame stanchions c by means of wires 1?, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and after the wall has been cast, or the concrete poured in and allowed to set, the wires 2' are cut and the stanchions i rem oved together with the outer mold member g, after which the wires 2' are cut off close up to the adjoining face of the concrete wall, after which the finish of the wall is applied.

In order to regulate the thickness of the concrete walls and to provide means whereby the concrete of both the outer and inner sides of the frame will be of a proper or desired thickness, I secure between the wooden frame and the mold boards, or mold members, 9 and It, vertical strips 7' of the desired thickness, and after the mold membe1s have been taken away, as hereinbefore described, and before the finish is applied to the walls, these strips are cut out or dug out, and the narrow grooves in the coni crete wall produced by the removal of these strips are filled inby the finish applied to the surface of the concrete wall.

In Fig. 1* I have shown a corner construction which may be substituted for that shown in Fig. 1, if desired. In this figure I have shown the sills a and a floor beam, or a floor and ceiling beam 7c, and it's support plate 70 and in this form of construction, I provide corner stanchions' m'and n. The inner corner of the stanchion n is preferably cut away, as shown at 41 and secured t0 the other stanchion m is a vertical supplemental stanchion m and between these stanchions are placed vertical boards 'or panels 0 which are arranged in'the form of an L, and which supplement the panels or partitions d, and the stanchions m a and m are covered with tar felt I), and the boards or panels 0 are also covered on their outer sides by the same material. With thisform of construction'the actual corners will be composed of solid' concrete columns,

whereas, with the construction shown in Fig. 1, the corner is principally composed of the stanchions c, and the construction shown in Fig. 1 will probably be the preferred construction.

My invention is not limited to the exact I- claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I A herein described building wall construction, comprising a framework of wood, consisting of corner posts, spaced stanchions andintermediate panels, said framework of I wood being covered on the outer side thereof with waterproof material and being entirely inclosed on the inner and outer sides thereof by concrete, said concrete being re-.

inforced by material secured to the inner and outer sides of the corner posts and stanchions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 13th day of February, 1913.

v DANIEL MoDICKEN.

Witnesses:

C. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patentl, Washington, D. 0. 

